Distribution of black-tailed jackrabbit habitat determined by GIS in southwestern Idaho

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-85

  Knick, Steven T ^a   Dyer, Deanna L ^a,b  

^a National Biological Service   (United States)

^b State Service Center for GIS ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

black tailed jackrabbit; Geographical Information Systems; habitat ecology; landscape ecology; Lepus californicus; line transect; Mahalanobis distance; shrubsteppe; spatial habitat modeling; wildfire

Indexed keywords

BLACK-TAILED JACKRABBIT; GIS; HABITAT ASSOCIATION;

USA, IDAHO, SNAKE RIVER;

LEPUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 0030617940     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802416     Document Type: Article

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